Friends,
I got out with a big disapponitment just 4 hours back with a 650 (Q48 V32) - 84%ile. Not at all happy with the score. No one, other than me, is to blame for this disappointment.
Test Centre: San Francisco
Staff was extremely courteous. Reached 1 hour early at 10:00 AM. Had a Frappuccino at Starbucks and a cigarette. Then, all that fingerprinting and blah blah and then started at 10:30 AM. Location is quiet and just below the COIT tower in San Francisco. Those who want address of test centre to see it before taking the appointment, please PM me.
AWA: Went OK. Nothing to say much about that. Probably I will get about 5 or so. I recommend AWA template of PR and one got from some forum on internet.
QUANT:
Started pretty well and double checked first 5 questions. Then in the middle bombarded with DS questions. I was having mild Dysentery. When I was at about Q30 then felt the urge but controlled somehow. Distracted a little bit but went OK. Then finished the quant 1 minute early. Just after finishing rushed to toilet and got relief. Quant was of
OG level and some questions of level what we practice here. I did not touch quant of KAPLAN so can't compare to that. I practised quant only at GMATCLUB and with
OG DS. Two easy probalility questions also appeared.
VERBAL:
First got 3 three SCs in a row. I was going pretty good with verbal also but in the middle got one RC about some analysis of male and female debt-related legal cases of 1717 in United States. After reading that twice could not pick the answers but had to answer. Now timing was screwed. Last 6 questions and 8 minutes left. Panicked now and answered one CR some how. Again CR and guesses it in hope of getting an SC. Got two SC : attempted them and then guessed on remaining 2-3 questions.
BTW, I FOUND THOSE NOTEBOARDS PRETTY OK. But I will still write to Pearson because scratch papers will certainly be better than these noteboards.
Advice to test takers: Check that marker is working or not before going to your seat. Don't leave the marker uncapped during the AWA section. I did that and it dried up even before the first QUANT question. I raised my hand and test administrator provided me another one.
I will now take a break for 10 days and start again. I will surely appear again but next time with much better strike rate in SCs and CRs.
SCORES OF GMATPREP ETC. ARE NOT AT ALL INDICATORS OF YOUR REAL ABILITIES. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THAT DAY. KEEP YOURSELF COMPOSED AND CALM.
Questions Welcome.